No. 20-5463

Rowmoto Rogers v. Gregory Skipper, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: closing-arguments constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure witness-credibility
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Patent
Latest Conference: 2020-10-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecutor was improperly allowed to vouch for the credibility of his star witness during closing arguments, denying various constitutional rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW WHETHER THE PROSECUTOR WAS IMPROPERLY ALLOWED TO VOUCH FOR THE CREDIBILITY OF HIS STAR WITNESS DURING CLOSING: ARGUMENTS, DENYING VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. i

Docket Entries

2020-10-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
2020-09-30
Waiver of right of respondent Gregory Skipper, Warden to respond filed.
2020-08-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Gregory Skipper, Warden
Fadwa A. HammoudMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Rowmoto Rogers
Rowmoto Rogers — Petitioner